[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [金剛經纂要刊定記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702) › 3.11 # 金剛經纂要刊定記 3.11 金剛經纂要刊定記 3.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.3.11) 天王鉢者，梵語鉢多羅，此云應量器。是過去維衛佛鉢，入涅槃後，龍王將在宮中供養。釋迦成道，龍王送至海水上，四天王欲取，化為四鉢，各得一鉢以奉如來。如來受已，重疊四鉢在於左手，以右手按合成一鉢。此是紺瑠璃石鉢，持用乞食也。佛出行化，須著衣持鉢者，為離苦樂二邊故。諸在家者，好尚錦綺華潔衣服寶器，增長放逸，太著樂邊。出家外道苦行尼乾裸形，手捧飯食致招訶醜，太著苦邊。佛處中行故著衣持鉢也。 > "The bowl of the Heavenly Kings": the Sanskrit word \*pātra\* is translated here as vessel of appropriate measure. This was the bowl of the past Buddha Vipaśyin; after he entered nirvāṇa, the dragon king took it into his palace to make offerings to it. When Śākyamuni attained the Way, the dragon king brought it to the surface of the sea water; the Four Heavenly Kings wished to take it, and it transformed into four bowls, each obtaining one bowl to present to the Tathāgata. After the Tathāgata received them, he stacked the four bowls in his left hand and pressed them with his right hand, joining them into a single bowl. This was a dark lapis lazuli stone bowl, held and used for begging food. That the Buddha, when going out to transform beings, had to wear the robe and carry the bowl was in order to depart from the two extremes of suffering and pleasure. Householders esteem brocades, fine silks, splendid clean clothing, and precious vessels, increasing heedlessness and being overly attached to the extreme of pleasure. Non-Buddhist home-leavers practicing austerities, like the Nirgranthas, go naked and hold food in their hands, incurring scolding and ugliness, being overly attached to the extreme of suffering. The Buddha abides in the middle practice, and therefore wore the robe and held the bowl. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.3.10) - [Next: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.3.12) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702~en-mt.3.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.3.11) · Pramāṇa